Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Protocols and Disease Management - FIFTH EDITION: For Family Practice, Urgent Care, and Emergency Medicine

Download or read book Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Protocols and Disease Management - FIFTH EDITION: For Family Practice, Urgent Care, and Emergency Medicine written by Donald C. Correll and published by Acute Care Horizons, LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Fifth Edition of a compendium of acute care protocols and disease management guides created for the Nurse Practitioner. Over 150 concise, fast-reading protocols for Nurse Practitioners working in family practice, urgent care, and emergency medicine. Covers cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, toxicology, neurology, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary disorders, electrolyte and acid/base disturbances, HEENT, trauma, pediatrics, geriatrics, gynecology, infectious disease, dermatology, hematology, psychiatric and social, environmental, medications, and disease management, among others. Also includes a NEW Acute Care Ultrasound Chapter. The book provides differential diagnosis, pertinent central clinical facts, and practice guidance in a bulleted outline format, for the purpose of furthering the relationship between the Nurse Practitioner and the Physician and for improving patient care and safety. The author Donald Correll, M.D. is a former Emergency Department Medical Director of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital (Tennessee), which treats 100,000 acute care patients annually.